2015 Ford Focus: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jul 20, 2022 · Acceleration · 77,778 miles · UT

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration with the air bag warning light illuminated. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 77,778.

Filed Jun 16, 2022 · Transmission · AL

While driving the vehicle it begins shuddering and jerking, when parked and shifted into reverse the vehicle did not move, when brake was applied to shift to park, the vehicle lunged forward up and over the curb. This has been a continuous problem, when is the NHSTA going to do their job and make ford recall these vehicles.

Filed Jan 16, 2020 · Acceleration, Transmission · 55,000 miles · CA · crash

On june 15th 2019 I was involved in my first accident. I was at a stop going straight and in front of me was a car turning to go south on the street in front of me. As I was getting my first gear ready to go my car suddenly accelerated forward and I t-boned the person turning. I had my children with me and after this accident I feel very unsafe in my car, I lost trust in ford keeping me and my family safe. I know there has been recalls but when I take it in they say it just a software update or something about a fuel tank. I have seen a recall in regards to my transmission and I have mentioned it to the dealership but they give me the run around and say that they don't show that in their systems so they can't do anything about that. Now I'm hearing about the ford employees speaking out on faulty clutches.

Filed Jul 26, 2019 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · TN

The transmission in my 2015 ford focus has had numerous transmission control module updates ( TCM ) which the dealership kept saying would fix the problem which it did not in most cases made it worse. The dual clutch has been replaced 4 time's the throw out bearing, and the shift motors for the fix to last between 10,000 to 15,000 miles and the vehicle clutch being replaced again. At the last visit to dealership was advised the clutch need replaced again but was advised it was not under warranty now because the clutch used at last replacement was the latest revised edition that had a 10,000 mile warranty through the dealership to contact ford customer care and open a case up to see if ford will warranty the repair. Was advised to take the vehicle back to the dealership and give them the case number issued by ford. The dealership called later that day and advised that my car was ready for pickup. After arriving at the dealership the clutch had not been replaced was advised at that time it did not meet the requirements of the shutter file number to warrant replacement but it did a week earlier when the vehicle was at the dealership. At the current time the slip's on acceleration. Jerk's and shake's with sudden acceleration from a stopped position. Hill assistance works sporadic to keep the car from rolling backwards when pulling out on a hill. The car at times will not want to upshift or downshift when it need to causing you to have to pull off the side of the road and put the vehicle in park then it will shift correctly from a few days to a couple of weeks. Then the same problem again. But I'm told by ford and the dealership there is nothing wrong with the car now after I got a case number from ford on the transmission. The car currently has only 75,000 miles and has still not been fixed by ford.

Filed Jan 30, 2019 · Transmission · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford focus. The contact stated that the transmission would not shift into gear and the vehicle jerked. Occasionally, the vehicle would jerk after switching gears. Previously, the vehicle accelerated on its own and without warning while idling at a stop light. The contact had to depress the brake pedal with excessive force to stop the vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to paul cerame ford (11400 new halls ferry road, florissant, mo 63033, (314) 838-2400) where it was diagnosed that a new transmission needed to be installed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Oct 4, 2017 · Transmission · 3,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford focus. The contact stated that the transmission shuttered and jerked several times for months. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (columbia ford-lincoln, 700 7th ave, longview, wa 98632, (360) 423-4321) more than once who indicated that they flashed and serviced the transmission, but it continued to jerk and shutter. While at a stop on an incline, the accelerator pedal traveled to the floor more than once. The contact applied force to the brake pedal and the vehicle surged forward at a high rate of speed once the brake pedal was released. The dealer was unable to provide a solution to prevent the failure. The contact inquired about a manufacturer extended service campaign (14m02) to determine a solution. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.

Filed Dec 9, 2016 · Transmission, Wheels · 25,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford focus. While driving various speeds and accelerating from a stop, the vehicle hesitated and jerked into gear. Also, the engine revved and the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact also mentioned that the rubber on the inside of the wheels was missing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 25,000.